Unregulated Spaces 2016 paintings

2016 | October | Redlands Art Prize, Redlands Regional Art Gallery, Cnr Middle and Bloomfield St, Cleveland

2016 | March | Unregulated spaces, Redlands Regional Art Gallery, Cnr Middle and Bloomfield St, Cleveland

Unwatched and disregarded there are landscapes that sit along the fringes of our cities and suburbs, the freeway overpasses and verges; scrublands; railway lines; bridges; transmission towers; creeks and abandoned quarries a world away from the landscapes of our ideal holiday destinations. They are often invisible to most of us regardless of their close proximity to our doorstep. However, it is in these concealed and overlooked spaces that certain things thrive and a true kind of wilderness can be found.